Browsing by Author "Northcott, Andy"
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Healthcare for Older People Research in Leicestershire
Conroy, Simon; Brown, Jayne; Bell, Katie; Haunton, Victoria; Robinson, T. G.; Bannerjee, J.; Martin, G.; Regen, E.; Phelps, K; O'Kelly, K.; Kondova, D.; Williamson, I.; Wildbur, D.; Fallmann, Sarah; Chen, L.; Oldridge, Louise; Larkin, M.; Wilson, A.; Agarwal, S.; Bankart, J.; Subramaniam, H.; Raghavan, Raghu; Panerai, R.; Clague-Baker, Nicola; Chung, E.; Stahl, B.; Chen, F.; Triboan, D.; Psychoula, I.; Northcott, Andy (Other)Academic geriatric medicine in Leicester . There has never been a better time to consider joining us. We have recently appointed a Professor in Geriatric Medicine, alongside Tom Robinson in stroke and Victoria ... -
The impact of single and shared rooms on family-centred care in children's hospitals
Northcott, Andy; Curtis, Penny (Article)Aims and objectives To explore whether and how spatial aspects of children's hospital wards (single and shared rooms) impact upon family-centred care. Background Family-centred care has been widely adopted in ... -
The Presentation of the Clothed Self on the Hospital Ward: An ethnographic account of perceptual attention and implications for the personhood of people living with dementia
Boddington, Paula; Featherstone, Katie; Northcott, Andy (Article)This study contributes to our understanding of the ‘medical gaze’ and its impact upon the ways in which people living with dementia experience care during a hospital admission. Visual perception has a powerful effect upon ... -
Refusal and resistance to care by people living with dementia being cared for within acute hospital wards: an ethnographic study.
Featherstone, Katie; Northcott, Andy; Harden, J.; Harrison Dening, K.; Bridges, J.; Bale, S.; Tope, R. (Other)Background The acute hospital setting has become a key site of care for people living with dementia. The Department of Health recognises that as many as one in four acute hospital beds in the UK will be occupied by a ... -
Routines of resistance: an ethnography of the care of people living with dementia in acute hospital wards and its consequences
Featherstone, Katie; Northcott, Andy; Bridges, Jackie (Article)Background There is little research examining resistance, refusal or rejection of care by people living with dementia within acute hospital wards despite the prevalence of dementia in adult hospital populations. Objectives To ... -
Using Signs and Symbols to Label Hospital Patients with a Dementia Diagnosis: Help or Hindrance to Care?
Northcott, Andy; Featherstone, Katie; Boddington, Paula (Article)Philosophical and biomedical perspectives both agree that the ways in which someone is seen is critical to their wellbeing. Empirical work confirms the philosophical claims that attention is an active process, a relationship ... -
Wandering the Wards: An Ethnography of Hospital Care and its Consequences for People Living With Dementia
Northcott, Andy; Featherstone, Katie (Book)Wandering the Wards provides a detailed and unflinching ethnographic examination of life within the contemporary hospital. It reveals the institutional and ward cultures that inform the organisation and delivery of everyday ...